Palm, Kevin R. (LLP) wrote:
 
> All this discussion about Top Bar Hives has me fascinated and wanting to
> try one next year just for fun.  I don't recall seeing it on the list,
> or maybe I'm just not observant, but how does one get a colony started
> in a TBH??  Can you start with a package and put them in the same way as
> with a Langstroth, or make a split from an existing Langstroth colony,
> or is there a special way of doing it??
 
I live in a cool climate, so if starting would be any problem, it would likely be
here in Alaska.  I just dumped my bees into the box, released the queen into the
mass of bees, and they did great.
 
I'd be interested to hear if there are any other methods used.
 
--
"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
 
Tom Elliott
Eagle River, Alaska
U.S.A.
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